Etiology, prenatal diagnostics and outcome of ventriculomegaly in 230 cases

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 254-263

  Joó, József Gábor ^a   Tóth, Zoltán ^b   Beke, Artúr ^a   Papp, Csaba ^a   Tóth Pál, Erno ^a   Csaba, Ákos ^a   Szigeti, Zsanett ^a   Rab, Attila ^a   Papp, Zoltán ^a,c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lateral ventricle diameter; Occipitofrontal diameter; TORCH serological test; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DILATATION; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 50549097985     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000151672     Document Type: Article

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